Kosegarten, Lud-wig Theobald, a German di- vine and ])oet, was born at Grevismiihlen, in Mecklen- burg, Feb. 1, 1758: became rector at Wolgast in 1785; pastor at Altenkirchen in 1792, and in 1808 professor of history at the university in (Jreifswald ; later also pro- fessor of theology, and pastor at St. James's Church in that place, and died Oct. 2G, 1818. He was at one time honored with the rectorate of the university. His writ- ings belong to the domain of beUes-lettres. See Kober- stein, Geschichte d. deutschen Nationalliiteraiur, iii, 2G23 sq.
Kossoff, Sylve^tre, a Russian divine, who flour- ished near the middle of the 17th century, was metro- politan of Kief in 1647, and died April 13, 1667. Kos- soff wrote a work on the Seven Sacraments (Koutimsk, 1653, 4to), which an ecclesiastical council at Moscow in 1690 declared heretical.
Koster, Johann Friedrich Burchardt, a Ger- man theologian, was liorn at Loccum in 1791. He be- came professor of theology in Kiel in 1839, and died about 1850. His works are, Meletemata critica et exegeti- ca in Zachariam Prophetam, cap. 9-14 (Gotting. 1818) : — Das Christenthum (Kiel, 1825) : — Lehrb. der Pastoral Wissenschaft (ibid, 1827) : — translations of the Psalms (1837) and"the Prophets (Leipzig, 1838).
Koster, Martin Gottfried, a German theolo- gian, was born at tiuntersblum Nov. 11,1734; was edu- cated at the Liniversity of Jena, which he entered in 1752, and in 1755 became pastor at 'Wallershcim. In 1761 he was called to Weilburg as pastor and prorector of the gymnasium in that place. In 1773 he was ap- pointed professor at Giessen, and died there Dec. 6, 1802. Koster was decidedly ortliodox in belief, and labored both by his tongue and his pen to stay the incoming tide of Rationalism. His most important work in this direction is his Neueste Religiombegehenheiten (Giessen, 1778-1796), in which several eminent German theolo- gians assisted him. He wrote also Vorurtheile fitr nnd wider die christi. Religion mbst einer A bhandlung von Zu- lassung des Busen (Frankfort-on-the-l\Iain, 1774, 8vo) : — Erorterung der wichtigsten Schwicrigkciten in der L(hre vom Teufk (ibid, 1776, 8vo ; another work on Saf*iu.( '• ics- sen, 1776, 8vo) ; etc. See Doring,6't/e/i?-i'e Theol. Dcutsch- lamh, ii, 159 si].
Koster, Wilhelm, a German theologian, was bom in 1765, and early devoted himself to the study of theol- ogy. He became pastor first at Oppenheim, later at Ep- pingen, and died May 8, 1802. He devoted much of his time to the study of practical theology, especialh' to lit- urgy, and wrote Liturgie bei Beerdifpmgen (^larch, 1797, 8vo) ■.—Allgan.Altarlifurgie (ibid, 1799, 8vo). — Doring, Gekhrte Theol, Deutschlands, ii, 162.
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Kostha Ibn-Luka (or Liica), an Arabian phi- losopher, tile originator of Heliopolis in Syria, flourished towards the close of the 9th century. He died, accord- ing to Abulfarag, about 890. He translated many works of Greek philosophers into Arabic, and wrote himself many original treatises, among which are, De Animce et Spirit us JJiscrimine : — Be Morte inopinata: — De- scriptio Spherce Calcslis: — Liber apoloffeticus adve7-sus lihruiii asiroloffi Aba Isce de Mohameti Aposiolatu et Prophetia. See Fabricius, Bibliotheca Gi'ceca, ii, 801 ; D'Hcrbelot, Biblioth. Orientate, p. 975.
Kots. See Thorx.
Kotter, Cheistoph, a German religions fanatic, was born at Sprottau, Silesia, in 1585. He claimed to have visions (which were published at Amsterdam in 1657). The first of these was in June, IGKJ. He fancied he saw an angel, under the form of a man, who command- ed him to go and declare to the magistrates that, unless the pcf)ple repented, the wrath of God would make dread- ful havoc. His pastor and friends kept him in for some time, nor did he execute his commission, even though the angel had appeared six times; but in 1G19, when threatened with eternal damnation by the same spirit, he would suffer lumself to be restrained no longer. Kotter was laughed at ; nevertheless, his visions continued, and were followed by ecstasies and prophetic dreams. He waited on the elector palatine, whom the Protestants had declared king of Bohemia, at Breslau, in 1G20, and informed him of his commission. He became acquaint- ed, in 1625, with Comenius, whom he converted to be a believer in his prophecies, which at this time were rather of a political cast, presaging happiness to the elector palatine, and the reverse to the emperor, so he became at length obnoxious, and in 1627 was closely imprisoned as a seditious impostor. He was finally lib- erated again and banished from the empire ; v.'ent to Lusatia, then subject to Saxonj', and died there in 1647. Kotter's visions were related by Comenius in a work entitled Lux in tenebris (Amst. 1657 ; an epitome of this work appeared in 1660: see, for an account of it, under Dkaisicius) . See Bayle, Hist. Bid. iii, 679 sq. (J. H. W.)
Kotzebiir, Johann, a German divine, was born in Magdeburg about 1654. He was rector at Quedlinburg. He died September 3, 1692. Kotzebur wrote Suscitabu- lum Catholico-Lutherumnn : — Confutatio tractatus Be- cani de eccksia, etc. — Allfjem. Hist. Lex. iii, Gl.
Kouyunjik. See Nineveh,
Koz (Hcb. Kots, yip, a thorn, as often : 1 Chron. iv, 8; Sept. Kwi,Vulg. Co.^, Auth. Vers. " Coz ;" elsewhere with the art. Viptl, hah-Kots, 1 Chron. xxiv, 10, Sept. 'Akkwq, v. r. Kwp, Yulg. Accos, Auth. Vers. "Hakkoz ;" Ezra ii, 61, Sept. 'Ak/coi'c, Yulg. Accos ; Neh. iii, 4, 21, Sept. 'Akkwc, Ynlg. Accus, Haccus ; Neh. vii. Go, Sept. 'Akkioc, v. r. 'A(C(iJ^, Yulg. Accos), the name of two or more men.